There is an active conference schedule devoted to all aspects of cardiology. On a weekly basis, there is the Echocardiography, Patient Management Conferences, and the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Grand Rounds. On a monthly basis, there is the Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Basic Science, Cardiac Catheterization/Intervention, EKG, Literature Review, QA&I, Pacemaker and Research Conferences. On a quarterly basis, there is the Cardiovascular Surgery, Electrophysiology and Nuclear Cardiology Conferences. In addition, there is a complete range of conferences provided by the Department of Medicine.
Cardiology Conferences
Grand Rounds Speakers 2021-2022
- Melissa Goebel, MD
CPMC
"Palliative Care for the Cardiology Patient" - Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
UCLA
"Comprehensive Disease Modifying Medical Therapy for Heart Failure" - Emmanouil (Manos) Brilakis, MD
Minneapolis Heart Institute
"Chronic Total Occlusion PCI: Update 2021" - Eric Yang, MD
UCLA
"Reaching Across the Aisle: Strategies and Challenges in Cardio-Oncology Program Building" - Karen Earle, MD
CPMC
"Diabetes Update 2021" - Euan Ashley, MD
Stanford
"The Rise of Genomic Medicine" - Melvin Scheinman, MD
UCSF
"Pathogeneses, Diagnoses, Management and Cure of the Brugada Syndrome" - Marc Simon, MD
UCSF
"Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension" - Peter P. Toth, MD
CGH Medical Center
"Aggressive LDL-C Lowering and the Brain" - Edward J. Miller, MD
Yale School of Medicine
"State of the Art Evaluation and Treatment of Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies" - Muhannad Rizwan Sohail, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
"Cardiovascular Device Infections: Contemporary Approach to Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention” - Karol Watson, MD
UCLA
“Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Medicine: Addressing Difficult Problems. Confronting Hard Truths” - Michael Pham, MD
Sutter Virtual GRs Series
"Cardiogenic Shock: Recognition, Stabilization and Systems of Care" - Christian Spies, MD
PAMF
"Update to Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion" - Martha Grogan, MD
Mayo Clinic
"TTR Amyloidosis: How to Avoid the Perils of PYP Imaging" - Uri Elkayam, MD
USC
"Valvular Disease in Pregnancy" - Michele Brignole, MD
Italian Auxological Institute (Italy)
"AV Junction Ablation and CRT for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: The APAF-CRT Trial and Beyond" - Akhil Narang, MD
Northwestern Medicine
“Transcatheter Therapies for Tricuspid Regurgitation” - Christopher M. Kramer, MD
University of Virginia Health
“Cardiac Magnetic Resonance of Ischemic Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies” - K. Lance Gould, MD
UT Health
"Coronary Pathophysiology and Mortality – A Missing Link in Cardiology" - Jonathan H. Kim, MD
Emory University
"American-style Football: A Natural Model of Early Cardiovascular Risk" - Philippe Pibarot, DMV
Laval University (Quebec)
"New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Stenosis" - Thomas Smith, MD
UC Davis
"Structural TEE Imaging for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Mitral and Tricuspid" - Ramon Brugada, MD
The University Hospital of Girona Dr. Josep Trueta (Spain)
"The Role of Genetics in Management of Channelopathies" - Ravi B. Patel, MD
Northwestern Medicine
"Left Atrial Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Atrial Fibrillation: The Trojan Horse or A Casualty of War?"
- Melissa Goebel, MD
Grand Rounds Speakers 2020-2023
- Richard W. Smalling, MD
OUT Health
“A Reappraisal of Strategies for Maximizing Infarct Salvage and Reducing Mortality in STEMI Patients” - Brett Sheridan, MD
CPMC
"Updates in LVAD Technology" - Jane E. Wilcox, MD
Northwestern Medicine
"Taking the Failure out of Heart Failure: Targeting Myocardial Recovery" - Dean M. Ornish, MD
Preventive Medicine Research Institute
"The Transformative Power of Lifestyle Medicine" - Richard F. Wright, MD
Pacific Heart Institute
"How Cardiologist's Get Paid" - Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD
Cedars-Sinai
"Innovations in Rejection Surveillance After Heart Transplantation" - Lynette W. Lissin, MD
Mills Peninsula Palo Alto
"ACHD - Historical Perspective and Future Directions" - Kathryn J. Lindley, MD
Washington University School of Medicine in STL
”The Spectrum of Pregnancy Associated Heart Failure” - Alka M. Kanaya, MD
UCSF
“Cardiometabolic Disease in South Asians: Findings from the MASALA Study” - Roxana Mehran, MD
Mount Sinai NY
"P2Y12 Monotherapy: A Novel Approach for Patients Post PCI" - Ana Barac, MD
MedStar Health
"Clinical Practice and Training in Cardio-Oncology" - Deena Goldwater, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
"Optimizing Care and Improving Outcomes for Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease" - Ori Ben-Yehuda, MD
UCSD School of Medicine
“Novel Devices for Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension” - Naomi DL Fisher, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
“Innovations in Hypertension Control” - O. William Brown, MD
William Beaumont Hospital
"Medical Malpractice: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" - Conrad Vial, MD
Sutter Health
"Surgical Management of Mitral Valve Diseases" - Michael J. Bloch, MD
University of Nevada School of Medicine
“Update on Contemporary Management of Resistant Hypertension” - Christopher E. Woods, MD & Eric Flagg, MD
Mills Peninsula Palo Alto and CPMC
"Non-invasive Imaging Methods for Scar Mapping/VT Ablation and VT Therapy" - Rodney H. Falk, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
"Cardiac Amyloidosis: The beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?" - Eric Flaggs, MD, Yu Xie, MD, Brad Angeja, MD
Medicine GRs at CPMC
"Coronary CT and CT-FFR Changing Paradigm for CAD Workup" - Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD
VCU School of Medicine
“Monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation: Who, What, When and How” - Zian H. Tseng, MD
UCSF
“Redefining Sudden Cardiac Death: Insights from the POST SCD Study” - John Rumsfeld, MD
University of Colorado
“Digital Transformation for CV Care” - James H. O'Keefe, MD
Saint Luke's Health System
"Diet and Lifestyle for Preventing Alzheimer's and CV Disease" - Mario C. Deng MD
UCLA
"Relational Medicine - Integrating Molecular Origin and Person Level in High-Tech Practices" - Matt Budoff, MD
The Lundquist Institute
“Cardiac CT in 2021” - Thomas Smith, MD
UC Davis
"Imaging for Structural Heart Procedure" - David V. Daniels, MD
Mills Peninsula Palo Alto
"Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement" - Melissa Goebel, MD
CPMC
"Palliative Care for the Cardiology Patient" - Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
UCLA
“Comprehensive Disease Modifying Medical Therapy for Heart Failure” - Emmanouil (Manos) Brilakis, MD
Minneapolis Heart Institute
"Chronic Total Occlusion PCI: Update 2021" - Eric Yang, MD
UCLA
“Reaching Across the Aisle: Strategies and Challenges in Cardio-Oncology Program Building” - Karen Earle, MD
CPMC
"Diabetes Update 2021" - Euan Ashley, MD
Stanford
“The Rise of Genomic Medicine” - Melvin Scheinman, MD
UCSF
"Pathogeneses, Diagnoses, Management and Cure of the Brugada Syndrome" - Rahul P. Sharma, MD
Stanford
"Updates in Structural Cardiology" - Marc Simon, MD
UCSF
"Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension" - Peter P. Toth, MD
CGH Medical Center
"Aggressive LDL-C Lowering and the Brain" - Edward J. Miller, MD
Yale School of Medicine
"State of the Art Evaluation and Treatment of Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies" - Muhannad Rizwan Sohail, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
"Cardiovascular Device Infections: Contemporary Approach to Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention" - Karol Watson, MD
UCLA
“Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Medicine: Addressing Difficult Problems. Confronting Hard Truths” - Michael Pham, MD
Sutter Virtual GRs Series
"Cardiogenic Shock: Recognition, Stabilization and Systems of Care" - Christian Spies, MD
PAMF
“Update to Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion” - Martha Grogan, MD
Mayo Clinic
“TTR Amyloidosis: How to Avoid the Perils of PYP Imaging” - Michelle Kittleson, MD
Cedars-Sinai
"Diagnosis and Treatment of HCM- What’s in the Latest 2020 Guidelines?" - Uri Elkayam, MD
USC
"Valvular Disease in Pregnancy" - Michele Brignole, MD
Italian Auxological Institute (Italy)
“AV Junction Ablation and CRT for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: The APAF-CRT Trial and Beyond” - Sunil V. Mankad, MD
Mayo Clinic
"Evaluation of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction" - Akhil Narang, MD
Northwestern Medicine
"Transcatheter Therapies for Tricuspid Regurgitation" - Christopher M. Kramer, MD
University of Virginia Health
“Cardiac Magnetic Resonance of Ischemic Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies” - K. Lance Gould, MD
UT Health
"Coronary Pathophysiology and Mortality – A Missing Link in Cardiology" - Jonathan H. Kim, MD
Emory University
"American-style Football: A Natural Model of Early Cardiovascular Risk" - Philippe Pibarot, DMV
Laval University (Quebec)
"New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Stenosis" - Thomas Smith, MD
UC Davis
"Structural TEE Imaging for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Mitral and Tricuspid" - Ramon Brugada, MD
The University Hospital of Girona Dr. Josep Trueta (Spain)
“The Role of Genetics in Management of Channelopathies” - Ravi B. Patel, MD
Northwestern Medicine
"Left Atrial Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Atrial Fibrillation: The Trojan Horse or A Casualty of War?" - Finn Gustafsson, MD
University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
“Exercise Intolerance After LVAD Implantation: Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Importance” - Roderick Tung, MD
University of Arizona
"Advances in VT Ablation" - Pam R. Taub, MD
UCSD School of Medicine
"Management of Cardiometabolic Disease" - Jacob N. Schroder, MD
Duke University
"DCD Heart Transplant: U.S. Update" - Richard F. Wright, MD
Pacific Heart Institute
"How Cardiologists Get Paid" - Jason Roberts, MD
McMaster University (Ontario)
“Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC): Evolving Insights and Therapies” - Claudius Mahr, MD
University of Washington
“Cardiogenic Shock: Changing the Paradigm” - R. Michelle Gehring, PhD, ELS
UT Health
"Clinical Research and Publishing During Cardiology Training" - John Elefteriades, MD
Yale School of Medicine
"Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Reading the Enemy's Playbook" - Hubert Cochet, MD
University of Bordeaux (France)
“Role of Imaging in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias” - James M. McCabe, MD
University of Washington
"Dear Tricuspid Valve, Sorry I Forgot to Text You Back"
- Richard W. Smalling, MD
Contact Us
Wanda Keith
Cardiology Fellowship Program Coordinator
California Pacific Medical Center
Division of Cardiology
1101 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1120
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 600-5966
(415) 447-6322 fax
wanda.keith@sutterhealth.org